The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-15

Z i've WHICH Ms nFt'Hffind fHl~ HltFtt'lltirf
of life | feel sure that no bGyiSh
;,Haywanlnes> ami love of excitement
has actIElird him. else the hUmcsick
WEAKNESS would have proved too strung.
| can see that the Spipii nf patriotism
! has been ~ pure anu olrrp in this child
i>li lTca>t a. ia the souls pf Our bT;tye>t.
! BOjIlest suldj,,ys- | bethink mr Df thu
time, and, drawing out my repeater.
s>et il. and ~ the >ilvery chimes Smit,
the StillnrS<-of tire s.4r-pt,l,er. th,. hoy
yDusr NOR. st3uiisI up lin. ped SEiSil AN
eager ,flHsI, on his, fair fare, .i..- q. .-
lit iismthe toll-call., hs tnluttorS.
Mother murt 90. kiso1ne. ki>> me
Iust once. nlpther. ALL ~ avid idsli
nf. triumph fiits OYER his ,frIturrS, She
has kissed, ME here aud his hand
presses cpnypl>Nely the Houpded
heart, L >ee ynu. mpther. sec YOU.
Wait, / ana, coming. One moment
for the rolleall. then, strainimg his
feyc> ,ont. through the open wiu,Iow. be
listers. a. if intent on citcbiil. SCbIc
wbrd.... Gradually thc; eagdsnc~> gives
w;ly to i look of fulfilled Expectation.
ami hf omYHtjs g5 Nit IN ryprlittii:g..nt:
Jones. james. McHrnry. and fhcn.
pulling him>clf 't6iS.thcr. :" with q
nlightXrfprl, i pleased. satisfied smile
steals 'ovr'rl' hi| face and repeating his
own nannr. a. TN! next In oi,Irrof <n,.-
c,.>Sioii. tin, hoy -sUldicr raises lris Eoirc.
aud in q clear; ringing tone answers TO
the r,lF-iall' If oir,1 hiiehiicr that ANY
officer of worldly warfare: ..Ay. :prrS-.
r,,t.'t And with Il long. quiveFin@
Irr,.;,tIi tht brave. <dirt p;i>se| up ;IuI
cutrr< the ranks t0 which ht has been
ralled.f ~. -Il-y g.-g.rsyf e..
/ always lose myself when l. tell this
sad little tale: and Imagined avn uncc.
mnrs sitting in tn pom hospital rhamy-
hcr.. watching be>tlt7i my FouHg rhrirD.
y finnish. no-uur speaks, brt present
j. my little Marj"ry wipes her soft
brown eyes and SAYS:
Tell. papa. hbW ynH wdhtitn search
for file rH,nr mother '| p.
/ That. tnn9 But my dear. IT hardly
seems necessary" However. IL j. one
nf AI:rrierv'S requests. amd MEYER IT,
fII>t. her: Ia relate the details OF my
journey Ia the South. after the conclu-
>inm of the war; of my wandering
through the tlcSnlat;d. barren lIntl. nm
I'll | reached thc! town tn which the
Young soldier I'D directed me; of my
search for that grirf-Strickrn mother;
andrcpeat the little history told ne by a
ncighhnr of the lidy: ,....-.
''Shr Il Young widow with aD only
child, this Snu- Proud of her Southern
birth .aiul anccetry. she had. from the
hoy > infancy. in~tilIed into hi> ~Oul a
love AMI loyalty for his native soil. little
dreaming of the bitter fruit she should
reap from the seed she scattered - pro-
fuScly. Wbenl the war broke out the
ls,y WAS fired with all the enthusiasm.
of his warm. Southern blood, and the
germs Of patIi9ii~Ri lin hkR gatnigrrw
up anil fiUIlrisiItil. Wien >ln. f,iuniT
hinrbdm upon entering the service she.
n.>Olutrls refused tn listen t6 the idea
II tins prditics,l fIIIihn,nt, of hcI. the
cries. aml forbade his mentioning the
subject to-her, And 50 be stole. away.
lrgqi hl an impulse strungrrrvrn than
the lUvC whirh iad ,mite,L lim ln,hcrin
bonds closer than those of ordinary filial
alf,r-tiuD. From fhr !dav of hi depart
lr'.. she ha,i. droop,yl and piurd AWAY.
and finally anxiety amt solitude "a wore
Upon her that - week hefoFc the wound
cd lad was brought t1 our hospital the
%rHi!p, delicate Ianthor hi,,L preceded
him Ia Il land whcI,f peace reigurth for
ever. and hi> wish that >hc might be-
waiting Ia welcome him To- hi< new home :,
WAS fulfilled. Poor mother. AMI NO. not
P"nr-glnrinus young soldier, The w.lI-~
let | kept: thrrc.wa- none who had a
claim upon it, and to me il il one of the /
fpmdc>t relics of the war. Ny story i
done. children. and Your mother. selfish
little woman. i>dyiBs Ia ASSURE herself.
by personal cOntart that her fDck :
still complete. 30 r,.n quick and lct her
kiss yotTrach. y Ei:Ibcih Phijg,S 1rdiif.
"a HC'>foH BWdgei.